Vodka-infused Party Snacks

To follow on from yesterdays Sri Lankan Fish Cutlet post about two of my best friends birthdays – Helen Lodge & Julie Allington, I am now going to give them ideas for Vodka-infused Party Snacks. All 3 of us love Vodka – can’t go wrong.

There are many ways to prepare these but thanks to Anthony Worrall Thompson I have found the easiest way. I mean, why bother with placing cherry tomatoes in boiling water for 5 seconds and peeling them when you can avoid it?

Ingredients:

1 punnet cherry tomatoes

¼ pint/150ml chilli-flavoured vodka

½ lemon, juice of

1 tbsp dry sherry

6 drops Tabasco sauce

1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce

celery salt, to taste

Preparation method:

Prick the tomatoes all over with a cocktail stick. Soak the tomatoes in a mixture of the next seven ingredients.

Chill until ready to eat. When eating, sprinkle with celery salt & pepper (or have the mixture in a dipping bowl for the cherry tomatoes). The remaining liquid can be drunk as shots – or used as a base for an excellent Bloody Mary.

Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl and let sit for a half hour.

Cut the baguette into diagonal slices. Toast or fry in olive oil. If toasted drizzle some good quality olive oil over the sliced bread to prevent it becoming too dry. Top with the tomato & vodka mixture and sprinkle with some fresh basil leaves to impress!

Courtesy of Food.com

AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE… Helen Lodge’s contribution (cue lots of drum-rolling)…